This year we got to experience Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party for the first time. It’s one of the Magic Kingdom’s most popular ticketed events, and it’s full of great photo opportunities. I’m not sure this will become a regular “must do” for us, but I’m glad we got to experience it. I think that Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party is more our style, but the Christmas festivities are very cute. I thought I’d share a couple of our favorite character photos and pictures of Cinderella’s Castle Dream Lights below. Merry Christmas, everybody!

We had always heard horror stories about the Christmas party being so packed that you basically couldn’t move, so it was never really on our radar. I’m happy to say that we did NOT spend the majority of the night standing in line waiting for characters or free cookies and hot chocolate. I can see why that’s what a lot of people do, though. Between those things and the tightly packed schedule of events, I don’t know if we went on but one or two rides during the whole duration of the party.